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Kim Crean

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Association Director Talent Development and Training at YMCA of Greater Charlotte
📍 Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States

Kim is a talent development director who builds people and culture strategies aligned with business goals. She views Learning & Development as a strategic partner, using a "hub and spoke" model to drive business priorities. Colleagues describe her as a dynamic, thoughtful, and "big picture" thinker with an MBA from National University.

Outside of her professional life, Kim is passionate about community and purpose, reflecting on finding her "Why at the Y. " She shares stories from her career journey, including a past role as an assistant to a talent agent in New York City during her early twenties.

In her early career, she was a self-described "terrible assistant" to a talent agent in NYC, a formative experience she reflects on with humor.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Association Director Talent Development and Training
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States
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Priorities

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Strategic L&D
Advocates for L&D to be a central strategic partner within an organization, using a "hub and spoke" model to connect learning with business priorities.
Culture Building
Expresses a love for the "adventure of building culture" and sees L&D as having a strategic role in shaping it.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Association Director Talent Development and Training
YMCA of Greater Charlotte
9-2022 - 11-2024
Learning and Development Manager
Brightspeed
8-2021 - 8-2022
Senior Manager, Curriculum Design
Spectrum Enterprise
3-2021 - 7-2021
Director Talent Management
Science 37
6-2019 - 5-2020
Director, Talent Management and Acquisition
Shurtape Technologies, LLC
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Education
1-2021 - 11-2026
Master of Business Administration - MBA
National University
1991 - 1995
BA
UC San Diego
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